2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres
# 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10,000 metres at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Moncton 2010 Stadium on 20 July. A field of 20 athletes from 14 countries competed.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Dennis Chepkongin Masai Kenya | Gebretsadik Abraha Ethiopia | Paul Kipchumba Lonyangata Kenya |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

| | Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| World junior record | Samuel Wanjiru | Kenya | 26:41.75 | Brussels | August 26, 2005 |
| Championship record | Josphat Bett | Kenya | 27:30.85 | Bydgoszcz | July 9, 2008 |

No new records were established during the competition.

## Results

20 July

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Dennis Chepkongin Masai | Kenya | 27:53.88 | WJL |
| | Gebretsadik Abraha | Ethiopia | 28:03.45 | PB |
| | Paul Kipchumba Lonyangata | Kenya | 28:14.55 | PB |
| 4 | Mohammed Ahmed | Canada | 29:11.75 | |
| 5 | Aaron Pulford | New Zealand | 29:14.23 | NJR |
| 6 | Parker Stinson | United States | 29:32.23 | PB |
| 7 | Suresh Kumar | India | 29:40.07 | |
| 8 | Suguru Osako | Japan | 29:40.14 | |
| 9 | Fuminori Shikata | Japan | 29:47.87 | |
| 10 | Joseph Chebet | Uganda | 29:56.53 | SB |
| 11 | Gabriel Navarro | Spain | 29:57.78 | PB |
| 12 | Mohammed Merbouhi | Algeria | 30:06.23 | PB |
| 13 | Andrew Nixon | Canada | 30:35.43 | |
| 14 | Nicolae Soare | Romania | 30:37.23 | PB |
| 15 | Mansour Haraoui | Algeria | 30:54.84 | |
| 16 | Graham Bazell | United States | 30:59.57 | |
| 17 | Indalow Takala | Israel | 31:25.38 | |
| | Edwin Chebii Kimurer | Bahrain | | DNF |
| | Debebe Woldesenbet | Ethiopia | | DNF |
| | José Costa | Portugal | | DNF |

Key: DNF = Did not finish, NJR = National junior record, PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best, WJL = World junior leading

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

* Algeria (2)
* Bahrain (1)
* Canada (2)
* Ethiopia (2)
* India (1)
* Israel (1)
* Japan (2)
* Kenya (2)
* New Zealand (1)
* Portugal (1)
* Romania (1)
* Spain (1)
* Uganda (1)
* United States (2)
